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This Handbook provides a state-of-the-art review of research on
environmental policy and governance. The Routledge Handbook of
Environmental Policy has a strong focus on new problem structures -
a perspective that emphasizes the preconditions and processes of
environmental policymaking- and a comparative approach that covers
all levels of local, national and global policymaking. The volume
examines the different conditions under which environmental
policymaking takes place in different regions of the world and
tracks the theoretical, conceptual, and empirical developments that
have been made in recent years. It also highlights emerging areas
where new and/or additional research and reflection are warranted.
Divided into four key Parts, the accessible structure and the
nature of the contributions allows the reader to quickly find a
concise expert review on topics that are most likely to arise in
the course of conducting research or developing policy, and to
obtain a broad, reliable survey of what is presently known about
the subject. The resulting compendium is an essential resource for
students, scholars and policymakers working in this vital field.
This book examines the rise and agency of International
Organizations (IOs) and their bureaucratic bodies- the
International Public Administrations (IPAs)- as a reflection of an
ongoing transfer of political authority and power from the domestic
to the international level. It shows that IPAs represent actors per
se, with autonomy and resources that allow them to exert an
independent influence on global policy-making processes and
outputs. Providing a combination of novel conceptual lenses and
research design to capture IPAs as an empirical phenomenon, the
book takes an open, theoretically and methodologically diverse
approach to show that IPAs are far from being negligible actors in
global public policy and must be taken seriously as actors in
policy-making beyond the nation-state. This book will be of key
interest to students, scholars, and practitioners in Public Policy
and Public Administration, International Relations, International
Political Economy, as well as Organizational Studies.
This book examines the rise and agency of International
Organizations (IOs) and their bureaucratic bodies- the
International Public Administrations (IPAs)- as a reflection of an
ongoing transfer of political authority and power from the domestic
to the international level. It shows that IPAs represent actors per
se, with autonomy and resources that allow them to exert an
independent influence on global policy-making processes and
outputs. Providing a combination of novel conceptual lenses and
research design to capture IPAs as an empirical phenomenon, the
book takes an open, theoretically and methodologically diverse
approach to show that IPAs are far from being negligible actors in
global public policy and must be taken seriously as actors in
policy-making beyond the nation-state. This book will be of key
interest to students, scholars, and practitioners in Public Policy
and Public Administration, International Relations, International
Political Economy, as well as Organizational Studies.
International public administrations (IPAs) have become an
essential feature of global governance, contributing to what some
have described as the 'bureaucratization of world politics'. While
we do know that IPAs matter for international politics, we neither
know exactly to what extent nor how exactly they matter for
international organizations' policy making processes and subsequent
outputs. This book provides an innovative perspective on IPAs and
their agency in introducing the concept of administrative styles to
the study of international organizations and global public policy.
It argues that the administrative bodies of international
organizations can develop informal working routines that allow them
to exert influence beyond their formal autonomy and mandate. The
theoretical argument is tested by an encompassing comparative
assessment of administrative styles and their determinants across
eight IPAs providing rich empirical insight gathered in more than
100 expert interviews.
The responsiveness to societal demands is both the key virtue and
the key problem of modern democracies. On the one hand,
responsiveness is a central cornerstone of democratic legitimacy.
On the other hand, responsiveness inevitably entails policy
accumulation. While policy accumulation often positively reflects
modernisation and human progress, it also undermines democratic
government in three main ways. First, policy accumulation renders
policy content increasingly complex, which crowds out policy
substance from public debates and leads to an increasingly
unhealthy discursive prioritisation of politics over policy.
Secondly, policy accumulation comes with aggravating implementation
deficits, as it produces administrative backlogs and incentivises
selective implementation. Finally, policy accumulation undermines
the pursuit of evidence-based public policy, because it threatens
our ability to evaluate the increasingly complex interactions
within growing policy mixes. The authors argue that the stability
of democratic systems will crucially depend on their ability to
make policy accumulation more sustainable.
International public administrations (IPAs) have become an
essential feature of global governance, contributing to what some
have described as the 'bureaucratization of world politics'. While
we do know that IPAs matter for international politics, we neither
know exactly to what extent nor how exactly they matter for
international organizations' policy making processes and subsequent
outputs. This book provides an innovative perspective on IPAs and
their agency in introducing the concept of administrative styles to
the study of international organizations and global public policy.
It argues that the administrative bodies of international
organizations can develop informal working routines that allow them
to exert influence beyond their formal autonomy and mandate. The
theoretical argument is tested by an encompassing comparative
assessment of administrative styles and their determinants across
eight IPAs providing rich empirical insight gathered in more than
100 expert interviews.
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